Snooping makes an easy road to riches

[struggle4progress]

Sam Pizzigati
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 11:32pm

... The Obama administration’s top intelligence official, James Clapper, just happens to be a former Booz Allen exec. George W. Bush’s intelligence chief, Mike McConnell, now serves as Booz Allen’s vice chairman.

All these revolving doors connect enormously lucrative worlds. Three years ago, the top five Booz Allen execs together pocketed just under $20 million. They averaged 23 times what members of Congress take home.

But the real windfalls are flowing to the Carlyle Group, Booz Allen’s parent company. In 2011, Carlyle’s top three power suits shared a combined payday of over $400 million ...

Protecting privacy in a dangerous world will never be easy. But we’ll never have even a shot at protecting privacy until we take the profit out of violating it. Ending windfalls for contractors would be the logical place to start.

http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/sam-pizzigati-snooping-makes-easy-road-riches

[last1standing]

1. Good article!

Thanks.

[bluedeathray]

2. Carlyle Group?

The BFEE strikes again!

[bemildred]

3. That is what these guys really care about, all that good government money coming in. nt

[midnight]

4. If we have this kind of money for spying, we can certainly fix our infrastructure and get everyone

back to work...